Umakant and 5 Others v. State of U.P. and 48 Others

Court No. - 52 Case :- WRIT - C No. - 35290 of 2023 Petitioner :- Umakant And 5 Others Respondent :- State Of U.P. And 48 Others Counsel for Petitioner :- Santosh Kumar Gaur,Virendra Kumar Mishra Counsel for Respondent :- C.S.C.,Azad Rai Hon'ble Saurabh Srivastava,J.

¶1Heard Sri Santosh Kumar Gaur, learned counsel for petitioners and learned Standing Counsel for the State-respondents.

¶2Present writ petition has been filed seeking a direction in the nature of mandamus to be issued in favour of the respondent no.2 to decide Case No. 6552 of 2022, Computerized Case No.T202202030506552 (Umakant vs. Gaon Sabha), under Section 24 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006 expeditiously.

¶3Learned counsel for petitioners submits that grievance of petitioners would sufficiently be met in case, the aforesaid case is considered and decided in a time bound period.

¶4Learned Standing Counsel submits that no useful purpose would be served in keeping the writ petition pending and an appropriate direction may be issued to respondent no.2 to consider the grievance of the petitioner.

¶5Be that as it may, without entering into the merits of the case as well as if there is no other legal impediment available, the respondent no.2 is hereby directed to consider and decide Case No. 6552 of 2022, Computerized Case No.T202202030506552 (Umakant vs. Gaon Sabha), under Section 24 of U.P. Revenue Code, 2006, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of nine months from the date a certified copy of this order is produced before him, after affording proper opportunity of hearing to all the effected parties.

¶6With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition is disposed of. Order Date :- 12.10.2023 Rakesh High Court of Judicature at Allahabad